Just finished a really great historical fiction book on Ghengis Khan and I'd thought this might be a place to recommend it: Wolf of the Plains by Conn Iggulden.
The author seems to paint a good picture of life of the nomadic Mongols. I was about half through it and thought there was no way it was going to be about his whole life when I realized it's one of three in a series. He apparently did a little bit of living with modern day nomads and lists inaccuracies he changed for the sake of the story. I'm no Ghengis or Mongol expert but I found it thoroughly entertaining and can't wait to get my hands on the next in the series.

/end Terrorbl T's handy dandy real deal no BS book report on "Wolf of the Plains" - enjoy!

Thanks for that writeup T, I'm going to check that book out.
Last historical novel I read was on the life of Musashi. It was a great
read, and I read it a couple of times.